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American rock band
Honk is an American rock band based in
Laguna Beach, California . It is best known for providing the soundtrack for the 1972 surf documentary film
Five Summer Stories .
Career
The band was formalized in 1970, recorded some demo songs, and then recorded their first album for a $1500 fee. It was the soundtrack
[1]
[2] for the "cinematic cult classic"
[3] surf film,
[4]
Five Summer Stories . In the early 1970s they toured with
The Beach Boys ,
Chicago ,
Jackson Browne and
Dave Mason before splitting up in 1975. The band reformed in 1985 and continue to occasionally perform.
[5]
"Honk had a reputation for being a musician's kind of band," Stekol said. "It was a lot of fun. Honk's problem was with the business, not the players. No one had any difficulty with anyone else in the band. But no one had the ego to stay with it when things weren't working."
—
Richard Stekol, of Honk
[5]
Members
Will Brady (bass and vocals)
Craig Buhler (saxophone, clarinet, and flute)
Tris Imboden (drums)
Richard Stekol (vocals and guitar)
Beth Fitchet Wood (vocals and guitar)
Steve Wood (keyboards and vocals)
Honk's drummer,
Tris Imboden , has also been a member of several other notable groups. This includes the
Kenny Loggins Band, which was featured in the Number One soundtracks for prominent 1980s films,
Caddyshack and
Footloose . He was also the drummer for the
multi-platinum Chicago from 1990 until 2018.
[6]
[7]
As drummer for the Kenny Loggins Band, Tris Imboden would collaborate with Richard Stekol. Loggins and Stekol co-wrote "Mr. Night", which was published in the album
Keep the Fire and later in the soundtrack for
Caddyshack .
[8]
[9]
Steve Wood is an award winner for his work on the soundtracks for the
IMAX movies
Everest and
The Living Sea .
[10]
Discography
Year
Album
Publisher
Track List
Source
1972
The Original Soundtrack From
Five Summer Stories
Granite Records
Title 1. "Creation" 2. "Blue Of Your Backdrop" 3. "Brad And David's Theme" 4. "High In The Middle" 5. "Hum Drums" 6. "Bear's Country" 7. "Made My Statement (Love You Baby)" 8. "Don't Let Your Goodbye Stand" 9. "Lopez" 10. "Blue Of The Backdrop [Instrumental]" 11. "Tunnel Of Love" 12. "Pipeline Sequence"
[2]
[11]
[12]
1973
Honk
20th Century Records
Title 1. "I Wanna Do for You" 2. "So Much Easier" 3. "Don't Let Your Goodbye Stand" 4. "Circles In Sand" 5. "Caught On A Greyhound" 6. "Another Light" 7. "We're On Wheels" 8. "Hidin' Out" 9. "I Wanna Stay" 10. "Money Slips Through My Fingers" 11. "Buckeyed Jim" 12. "Pipeline Sequence"
[3]
1973
[live track]
[no label]
1974
Honk
Epic Records
Title 1. "Move Me" 2. "Home" 3. "All My Time Is Free" 4. "Hesitation" 5. "You Better Do Something" 6. "Gimme That Wine" 7. "Dog At Your Door" 8. "Where Is Love (And When Will It Come To Me)" 9. "Oh Daddy Blues (You Won't Have No Mamma At All)" 10. "Mademoiselle" 11. "There Is A River"
1991
Coach House Live
Restless Records
Title 1. "Hesitation [Live]" 2. "Made My Statement (Love You Baby) [Live]" 3. "Coloured Water [Live]" 4. "Every Part Of Love [Live]" 5. "Move Me [Live]" 6. "Summer [Live]" 7. "Try To Remember [Live]" 8. "Don't Let Your Goodbye Stand [Live]" 9. "Pipeline Sequence [Live]"
2004
Honk [Expanded Edition of 1973]
Hip-O Select
Title 1. "I Wanna Do for You" 2. "So Much Easier" 3. "Don't Let Your Goodbye Stand" 4. "Circles In Sand" 5. "Caught On A Greyhound" 6. "Another Light" 7. "We're On Wheels" 8. "Hidin' Out" 9. "I Wanna Stay" 10. "Money Slips Through My Fingers" 11. "Buckeyed Jim" 12. "Pipeline Sequence" 13. "Fortune Wheel" 14. "Dog At Your Door [1973 Version]" 15. "All My Time Is Free [1973 Version]" 16. "There Is a River [1973 Version]" 17. "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave [1973 Live Version]" 18. "Love Ain't So Common" 19. "Please Remember" 20. "No One Is Waiting [1973 Version]"
Videography
References
^
Interview W/Tris Imboden . CliffAlmondMusic . January 10, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013 – via YouTube.
^
a
b
Five Summer Stories soundtrack, tracklist at Allmusic at
AllMusic . Retrieved June 19, 2013.
^
a
b
Honk (1973), overview at Allmusic at
AllMusic . Retrieved June 19, 2013.
^
a
b Five Summer Stories (DVD video). Laguna Beach, California: MacGillivray Freeman Films. 1994 [1972].
OCLC
82292272 .
^
a
b Coker, Matt (June 21, 2001).
"Honk if You Hate the Record Biz" . OC Weekly . Archived from
the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved June 19, 2013 .
^
"Tris Imboden: About" . Tris Imboden. Archived from
the original on December 10, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2013 .
^
"Drummer Tris Imboden Quits Chicago" . Ultimate Classic Rock . January 20, 2018.
^ Holden, Stephen (February 7, 1980).
"Album reviews: Keep the Fire" . Rolling Stone . Archived from
the original on June 30, 2007. Retrieved June 28, 2013 .
^
Keep the Fire, summary at Allmusic at
AllMusic . Retrieved July 2, 2013.
^ Carroll, Corky (October 28, 2006).
"Musician for Honk celebrates new CD" . Orange County Register . Retrieved June 19, 2013 .
^
Honk (1972). The Original Sound Track from Five Summer Stories (Music LP). Granite.
OCLC
32445211 .
^
Honk (1992). The Original Sound Track from Five Summer Stories (Music CD). Hollywood, California: GNP Crescendo Records.
OCLC
26590578 .
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